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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Reading this was a... strange... experience, not least because Kafka's wish was that all his unpublished stores (ie, every one in this collection other than The Metamorphosis) be destroyed, and two of these stores are even unfinished.
Starting from the ones he didn't want published:
The Great Wall of China is about the distance between the regular people and those giving the orders, and reminded me somewhat of that quote by Marjane Satrapi where she talks about how an American person is more similar to an Iranian person than they are to the American government.
Investigations of a Dog is about. what it says it is. Gonna be honest I'm not sure I understood this one
The Burrow, one of the unfinished stories, is about fear of The Enemy, some nameless, ever-listening Enemy who is at any given moment just waiting to Get You. Reminded me of those doomsday preppers with their guns
In the Penal Settlement is about machines of torture and the fatal commitment to The Good Old Days. Or, according to Wikipedia, the Old vs New Testament of the Bible
The Giant Mole is not as much about a giant mole than you might think. It's the other unfinished story and it reads like an unfinished story like the kind you write yourself into a corner with and never bother fixing
And, finally, the only published story, The Metamorphosis. Yknow, the one where the guy turns into a bug
Unsettling, I think, is the word for it. The fear of "something has gone terribly, drastically wrong, bit everyone expects me to go about my work as usual, and I don't have the words to explain otherwise".
It stuck with me long after finishing the actual story
Starting from the ones he didn't want published:
The Great Wall of China is about the distance between the regular people and those giving the orders, and reminded me somewhat of that quote by Marjane Satrapi where she talks about how an American person is more similar to an Iranian person than they are to the American government.
Investigations of a Dog is about. what it says it is. Gonna be honest I'm not sure I understood this one
The Burrow, one of the unfinished stories, is about fear of The Enemy, some nameless, ever-listening Enemy who is at any given moment just waiting to Get You. Reminded me of those doomsday preppers with their guns
In the Penal Settlement is about machines of torture and the fatal commitment to The Good Old Days. Or, according to Wikipedia, the Old vs New Testament of the Bible
The Giant Mole is not as much about a giant mole than you might think. It's the other unfinished story and it reads like an unfinished story like the kind you write yourself into a corner with and never bother fixing
And, finally, the only published story, The Metamorphosis. Yknow, the one where the guy turns into a bug
Unsettling, I think, is the word for it. The fear of "something has gone terribly, drastically wrong, bit everyone expects me to go about my work as usual, and I don't have the words to explain otherwise".
It stuck with me long after finishing the actual story
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Holy crap. The Metamorphosis gave me *such* a case of the heebie jeebies. I had trouble sleeping the night I finished it.
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
He used to be so insignificant that one literally felt alone in his presence.
this book feels like the first day of middle school and wondering why i feel so alienated from the rest of the class. kafkas writing is one of its own, a unique style that nobody could copy. the true beauty of kafka is the craziness and the confusion that comes with him. long story short kafka owns me.